Crypto Security One of the most common misconceptions about Bitcoin is that people say it isn’t backed by anything, so there’s nothing that gives it any real value. Some might say the same about the U.S. Dollar, which since 1971 has had no intrinsic value as it is no longer...

In late 2008, an anonymous person (or persons) known only by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto published a nine-page research paper called “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Digital Cash System” on a cryptography forum. This paper detailed all the requirements that were needed to bring this decentralized, uncensored, trustless (you don’t have to...